Posted by Jasmineneroli on October 31, 2004, at 18:21:57
In reply to Re: Bowel toxins,enzyme peptide conversion of aminos? » raybakes, posted by Larry Hoover on October 31, 2004, at 9:02:53
Thanks Lar, for the link on biological transmutations. It was both interesting and amusing :). I agree with the alchemy comment! I had a feeling after reading the company's stuff, that I was in either a cheap sci-fi movie, or being deliberately confused (or both)! And it doesn't take much to confuse me nowadays (more about that later).
* The bowel health/detox thing I'm leaving alone.
* The "electric herb cocktails" ditto.
Questions:
My dx is severe GAD, with mild-mod. depression, (which varies with the stressors, I usually get a depression "fall-out" after a prolonged stressful time). Quite often I have an absence of depression. There's a seasonal aspect to it. I ALWAYS have depression/suicide ideation in Feb./March and MUCH worse insomnia then too.
RLS, night time excessive leg movement and a lot of twitching, "like electric shocks" according to my husband. Have lots of headaches too, but they have reduced since I dropped supplemental calcium & started mag. citrate. (I get headaches from Celexa as well).
Sleeping has been an issue with me for 5+ years. Can't fall asleep, then wake every 2-3 hours, with racing thoughts. Fall into a DEEP sleep around 4-5am and find it VERY hard to wake-up at 6:30am. Takes me an hour to "come-to" and another hour to get ready for work.
Possible OCD traits...have rituals about getting ready to go out, and always add too many tasks (for e.g.: I MUST put laundry in before I leave today).
Otherwise I alternate between high energy, outgoing, creative, scattered thinking, lack of focus (and up into anxiety) and grouchy, irritable, sound-sensitive, "slow" moving and thinking (but my mood isn't necessarily "down").
I'm apparently not bipolar (but have energy mood swings that my pdoc thinks are hormonal in origin). I think I might be "soft-bipolar IV" on Akiskal's scale - depressive hyperthymic. I dunno about that one.
I currently take .5mg Klonopin daily (divided into 2 doses) and 10mg Celexa. Klonopin has been the ONLY thing to help my anxiety and RLS. I think Celexa helps "even" me out, mood-wise, but I have a host of side-effects to it. Sleep WAS better, until the Celexa was added.
I didn't have such severe difficulty getting aroused in the am before these drugs, but it still was a bit of an issue.
ANYWAY, back to questions:
1)Do you think a "hormonal balancing" product might help me ( and I mean ALL hormones, including adrenal/cortisol). If so, what ingredients should I look for in such a product. (I'm menopausal, on daily 1mg estradiol mono-hormone replacement <can't tolerate progesterone in any form>)?
2)Re: enzymes. Will taking an enzyme formula improve absorption and use of all other supplements and foods, including the whey protein powder I take everyday. Will such a product help also with more efficient synthesis of my psychiatric drugs, and protect my liver?
3) I want to add selegiline to my mix, to help combat Celexa side effects & get me going in the am. What do you think?I want to eventually get off all my pharmaceuticals ( or find alternatives) because I'm losing my faculties!! My short term memory is completely shot (even prior to taking Klon.). I cannot learn like I could even last year..cognitive functioning is SO reduced. I have trouble understanding the stuff I read here and the research I do sometimes and I NEVER remember it (which makes it difficult to put up a debate with my pdoc). I make a lot of silly mistakes.
It sucks, because I'm used to having a quick and creative mind! I have an IQ of 145 (or used to :)).SORRY, Lar, for going on so. I'm very grateful that you are even reading this!! I'd love to hear your recommendations, and anyone else's too!
Thanks a million
Jas
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